Online Exclusive: HRV girls win two more NWOC dual swim meets

As they have in all but one other dual this season, the HRV girls swept the three relays. The 200-yard medley relay team of Delaney Hackett, Kylin Elliott, Maya Arndt, and Ava Giordano won by more than 10 seconds in two minutes, 10.91 seconds. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Sophia Helleberg, Elliott, Hackett, and Sophia Cross won in 1:59.51. And the 400-yard free relay team of Giordano, Helleberg, Arndt, and Cross, Sophia won in 4:24.73. HRV’s No. 2 team of Isabel Ulland, Olivia Riek, Tess Marsden, and Skyla Hollowell was second in 4:50.91.

HRV won all but two individual races. Cross and Arndt finished 1-2 in the 200 free (2:15.84 and 2:25.59). Helleberg, Elliott and Leah Sandoval went 1-2-3 in the 200 individual medley (2:39.36, 2:48.58, and 2:53.33). Giordano, Marsden, and Riek were 2-3-4 behind Hillsboro senior Charlie Smith in the 50 free. Hackett and Hollowell were first and second in the 100 butterfly (1:15.92 and 1:16.42).

Cross won her second race, the 100 free in 1:00.06 over teammates Giordano (1:03.35) and Riek (1:14.5). Hillsboro’s Smith won the 500 free, as HRV’s Arndt was second. Helleberg and Hackett finished 1-2 in the 100 backstroke (1:12.36 and 1:13.97). In the final individual race, Elliott, Ulland, and Hollowell added a 1-2-3 sweep (1:21.92, 1:25.63, 1:27.5).

The Hood River boys team finished second to a young, but talented Hillsboro team, 120 to 87; Milwaukie was third with six points. HRV won one relay, the 400 freestyle, and two individual events – both by Felipe Mendez.

The winning 400 relay included Mendez, Logan Griffith, Charlie Marcotte, and Kane Wagner in 4:07.30. Mendez’s wins came in the 200 free (2:06.47) and the 100 breaststroke (1:08.65).

Hood River’s Max Webster, Mendez, Liam McGeeney, and Francisco Solberg swam to second behind Hillsboro in the 200 free relay; Solberg, Moshe Tsypin, Webster, and McGeeney were second in the 200-medley relay in 2:02.37.

In individual events, McGeeney, Webster, and Wagner were 2-3-4 in the 50 free (26.37, 26.4, 26.69). McGeeney and Marcotte were 2-3 in the 100 butterfly (1:07.33 and 1:09.31). Wagner, Solberg and Griffith were 2-3-4 in the 100 freestyle behind Hillsboro’s Jettarin Loveless, who won in 57.17 ; Wager and Solberg were two seconds back. Webster and Solberg were second and third in the 100 backstroke in 1:14.97 and 1:17.44.